You raise some valid points; however, historically, Jews have lived in this area for thousands of years, long before the birth of Islam. But forget that, for the moment, there is documentation of the sale of land by Arabs to Jews in the early 20th century in the present areas of Israel. Also, it is ludicrous to accuse Israel of being an apartheid state, not that you are saying this when 20% of the Jewish population is Arab. Wouldn't it make more sense to have some of the 22 surrounding Arab states absorb these people rather than eliminate the Jewish state as advocated by Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran?